ARCLIGHT FILMS (USA)
 
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ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA
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Completed - Drama, Thriller - 105 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2019 (Debut)
  • AFM 2019 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Francis ANNAN
Writer(s) : Francis ANNAN, L. H. ADAMS
Cast : Daniel RADCLIFFE, Daniel WEBBER , Ian HART, Nathan PAGE, Mark Leonard WINTER

Producer(s) : David BARRON, Mark BLANEY (Footprint Films ), Jackie SHEPPARD, Gary HAMILTON (Arclight Films), Michelle KRUM (Arclight Films)

Synopsis

The extraordinary true story of Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two twenty-something white South Africans branded ‘terrorists’ and imprisoned in 1978 for being involved in covert anti-apartheid operations for the ANC (African National Congress). Incarcerated in Pretoria Maximum Security Prison, Jenkin and Lee – joined by fellow inmate and French national Alex Moumbaris – decide to send the regime a clear message and escape. After months of meticulous surveillance, breath-taking ingenuity, and in a race against time as the authorities strengthen the prison security defences, the group craft wooden keys for each of the 10 steel doors separating them from the main door and freedom.

Production

Country(ies) : AUSTRALIA

FRANCE MEDIAWAN THEMAT
JAPAN AT ENTERTAINMEN
KOREA (Sou May 01, 2020 INOLMEDIA
PORTUGAL Dec 10, 2020 FILMS4YOU
TURKEY SIYAH BEYAZ FIL
UNITED KIN SIGNATURE ENTER


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